Sexual intimacy is an important quality-of-life issue for cancer patients, but it’s a difficult subject to talk about – even for nurses. Freyja Herzog, who just earned her bachelor’s degree from […]
Jacqueline Flowers graduated with 4.0 GPA from the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at the WSU College of Nursing in Vancouver. Not long ago she was weighing competing job offers to work as a nurse practitioner at health clinics in […]
If 2020 wasn’t already the Year of the Nurse, it would be now. The World Health Organization had christened this the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife” in honor of the 200th anniversary of […]
YAKIMA, Wash. – The Washington State University (WSU) College of Nursing in Yakima will relocate this summer to the campus of Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU), becoming part of a growing center […]
Dr. Mary Koithan is facing more than a few unknowns as she prepares to become the next dean of the WSU College of Nursing. Will there be faculty and staff […]
First-semester nursing students at Washington State University spent nine weeks caring for patients in nursing homes and assisted living facilities before the coronavirus pandemic hit and ended those clinical experiences. […]
Associate Professor Janessa Graves has been named a recipient of the 2020 WSU President’s Award for Leadership-Faculty and Staff. The President’s Awards, which have been granted since 1996, recognize top […]
Dr. Mary Koithan WSU Health Sciences has named Mary Koithan the next dean of the WSU College of Nursing. Koithan comes from the University of Arizona, where she was associate […]
As they have so often in the past, nurses are playing an integral role during an extraordinary time. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, they are showing up, gowning up and spending […]
The Doctor of Nursing Practice program at the Washington State University College of Nursing is among the top 25 in the nation, according to the newest ranking from U.S. News […]
Pam Martin knew she wanted to use her nurse practitioner education to help ease suffering around the world.
This is a Coug love story that started with a very wise move by Kolby Wade.
English proficiency shouldn’t be a barrier to health care. That’s why the federal government requires hospitals to make translated documents and interpreters available to patients.
Mary Lee Roberts was already well-established in her career as a high-end audio engineer on the East Coast. She had a PhD from the University of California-Santa Barbara, was director […]
A team of nurse researchers from Washington State University left for Thailand on New Year’s Day to join Thai colleagues in looking at the unique care provided to cancer patients […]
Asking members of a community what they need, then partnering to achieve those goals, is the aim of community-based participatory research. A program using that research approach in the Micronesian […]
If you’re looking for a gift to sustain mind and body wellness, why not consult an expert? Healthcare professionals at Washington State University Health Sciences tell us some of the […]
December 2018 graduates of the WSU College of Nursing received their nursing pins at the college’s Convocation ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 6.
The Washington State University College of Nursing lost a valued colleague and great friend on Nov. 25 with the passing of Associate Professor Emeritus Jan Holloway.
Catherine Van Son, an associate professor at the WSU College of Nursing in Vancouver, was honored this month as a Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing by an organization dedicated to […]
Washington State University acknowledges that its locations statewide are on the homelands of Native peoples, who have lived in this region from time immemorial. Currently, there are 42 tribes, 35 of which are federally recognized that share traditional homelands and waterways in what is now Washington State. Some of these are nations and confederacies that represents multiple tribes and bands. The University expresses its deepest respect for and gratitude towards these original and current caretakers of the region. As an academic community, we acknowledge our responsibility to establish and maintain relationships with these tribes and Native peoples, in support of tribal sovereignty and the inclusion of their voices in teaching, research and programming. Washington State University established the Office of Tribal Relations and Native American Programs to guide us in our relationship with tribes and service to Native American students and communities. We also pledge that these relationships will consist of mutual trust, respect, and reciprocity.
